On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Solarius wrote:
>Does anyone use Linux in combo with VMWare to run Windows 98? I love
>Linux for the stability and the web hosting, but I'm also an avid game
>player, and there aren't many games for Linux that I play. I hate having
>to shut down my Linux so I can swap the hard drive, instead I'd like to
>leave Linux up and running and be able to run another instance of Windows
>98 to play my games. Has anyone done this? And if so, what type of
>performance hit does it take? I'm running a Celeron 366 w/ 128m ram.
>
>Shane
I had this same idea...nice in theory, until you notice that VMWare
currently does not support DirectX. So, a GREAT many Windows games will
not work under VMWare. Command and Conquer is the only reason I even have
windows on my computer. Just something you might want to check out.
Have a nice day,
T.J.
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